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At Case Western Reserve University School of Law, our students, faculty, staff and alumni influence everything from health law to international law to public policy—all while learning, teaching and practicing legal education rooted in real-world impact. Discover our latest news in legal scholarship, advocacy, experiential learning, community impact and so much more.
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Law school is at the forefront with program on artificial intelligence
Case Western Reserve University's School of Law is in the "legal AI" Vanguard.
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Meet a researcher working on untangling housing titles
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Exemplary student work recognized with LLEAP writing awards
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July 08, 2020
Professor Hoffman was quoted in an article entitled ““Don’t Want to Wear a Mask on the Plane? Too Bad. Airlines Now Will Require It,” published in the Los Angeles Times on June 29, 2020.
Professor Hoffman explained that “Airlines are private businesses and airlines have a right to have rules of th...
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July 01, 2020
Brian Gran, a professor in both the law school and the Department of Sociology, was recently awarded a RAPID grant from the Law and Science Program of the National Science Foundation.
The project, "COVID-19 and Derogation of Human Rights," will model and assess socio-legal responses to COVID-19—spe...
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June 30, 2020
Law student Henry Holmes (2021) turned a summer fellowship into a published article in an environmental law review. Holmes spent the summer after his first-year at Case Western Reserve University School of Law as a graduate fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) in Bozeman, Mo...
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June 26, 2020
Every year, Case Western Reserve University School of Law honors the achievements of distinguished alumni, faculty and prominent members of the legal community by inducting new members to the Society of Benchers – the law school’s alumni Hall of Fame.
Established in 1962, the Society of Benchers i...
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June 25, 2020
Professor Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and director of the law school's Social Justice Law Center, was recently featured in a Parents Magazine article, "6 Black Moms on the Frontlines in the Fight Against Racism."
Featuring the perspectives of black mothers who are authors, non-...
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June 24, 2020
As Chairman of the Board of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot Court Competition, Dean Michael Scharf annually drafts the problem and bench memo for the competition, which this year included participants from 75 schools from over 50 countries.
Unfortunately, the International Round of the...
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June 22, 2020
In response to the recent incidents of racism and police brutality, Professor Bryan Adamson, the Law School’s new Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and David and Ann Brennan Professor of Law, together with colleagues from our faculty and Seattle University Law School, organized a three-part...
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June 17, 2020
The final installment of the George Floyd Teach-In Series will be held Thursday, June 18, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. This third part of the series will compare the COVID-19 stay-home protests with the Black Lives Matter protests and discuss the intersection of the rights to free speech and to bear arms und...
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June 17, 2020
For more than a decade, vaccinations have come under increased scrutiny, with social media influencers and public figures claiming unproven and often scientifically refuted evidence that vaccines carry serious medical risk.
As voluntary public participation in vaccinations has dipped below critical...
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June 11, 2020
Join Case Western Reserve University Law Professor Bryan Adamson for a continued Zoom Teach-In series with the Seattle University School of Law on topics surrounding the George Floyd killing. The George Floyd Teach-In, Part 2 will be held today (June 11) from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
This week’s event will ...